Poverty (low income) dynamics are explored using tax filer data covering the period 1992 to 1996. The distributions of short-and long-term episodes are identified, and reveal substantial differences by sex and family type. ...

The paper exploits the unique strengths of Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Administrative Database ("LAD"), constructed from individuals' tax records, to shed new light on the extent and nature of the emigration of Canadians ...

It seems to be generally assumed that earnings instability has increased in the last decade
or so, as earnings inequality has widened, but is this indeed the case, and if so, to what degree? This
paper builds on earlier ...

This paper uses the Statistics Canada Survey of Literacy Skills in Daily Use (LSUDA) to
investigate minority-“white”(i.e., non-minority) income differences and the role education and
English/French literacy and numeracy ...

This paper presents the results of a multi-equation income model which has been
estimated for Canadian men and women which incorporates the effects of a number of important
family background variables, including mother’s ...

This paper addresses the roles of loans and grants as forms of student financial aid. It
begins with a simple choice model where individuals decide to pursue post-secondary studies if i) the
net benefits of doing so are ...

This paper presents new evidence on the relationships between access to post-secondary
education and family background. More specifically, we use the School Leavers Survey (SLS) and the
Youth in Transition Survey (YITS)to ...

The brain drain debate has been marked by a considerable amount of confusion and
frustration, largely because there has been relatively little hard data available, and that which exists
has often been twisted into very ...

While we know much about poverty (or “low income”) in Canada in a static context, our
understanding of the underlying dynamics remains very limited. This is particularly problematic from
a policy perspective and the ...

Student loan programmes have been the target of a good deal of attention in recent years
and one important set of concerns has focussed on the levels of borrowing and the associated debt
loads. This paper presents the ...